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Fox 26 Houston<\/strong> – <\/span>The Loved ones of a prominent doctor in Galveston who was hit and killed as she rode her bicycle, are speaking out.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 67-year-old Nancy Hughes went on a bike ride Friday morning, something she often did, but this time she never returned.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “My son just found out about it today, and it was really hard giving him that news” Said Laura Hughes, Nancy’s oldest daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nancy’s husband was riding his bike with her around 6:00 a.m. Friday, but he decided to end his ride early while Nancy chose to press on.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As time passed, and she didn’t return he went looking for her.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “That\u2019s when he saw all the police cars around her” Laura explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Galveston police say a car left the roadway struck Nancy and then took off. It happened near Seawall Blvd and Beach Drive in the Cherryhill area, she died on the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “My dad, he\u2019s devastated; they had been married for 46-years, they were high school sweethearts dating since the age of 14” said Laura.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nancy Hughes was a 2nd generation internal medicine doctor who was well known and respected in the Galveston community.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “My mom was a good Samaritan, wherever she saw someone in distress she would stop and help, so I can\u2019t believe somebody wouldn\u2019t stop, and try to save her” said Laura.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Nancy leaves behind two daughters, a son, two grandsons and a husband who all loved her dearly, and they want the person who hit her and kept going behind bars.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Police are asking anyone who may have been in the area between 6:15 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. on Friday and who may have seen something to come forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/div>\n